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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Out: storefronts and bricks and mortar stores

In: high density urban living and restaurants / eateries[/quote]

Yes! They need to turn this vacant office space into housing ASAP.  People would gladly live downtown and then some of the shops/restaurants/life will come back.  [/quote]

I think you are severely overestimating the number of people who want to live "downtown." There is housing available and being built there. But there aren't lines of people waiting. Even people who want to live in the city mostly don't want to live "downtown." The rowhouse neighborhoods are far more desirable than downtown, which is mostly an ugly, charmless, gray, wasteland.[/quote]

DC is not charmless.  We have more parkland per capita than any other city:
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/06/02/dc-public-parks-best

Great restaurants.  I'm all for creating housing downtown.  Especially if the schools keep attracting more students as they have steadily done for decades now, if we also make more playgrounds, the people will come.  I have no problem if the value of condos stays steady / goes down with increased supply.  We've got the Smithsonian, the revitalized waterfront, the Anthem and many other new concert venues.  Life is good in DC.  Keep ignoring / missing out if you want to.  Up to yiou.[/quote]

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